Yes. Thank you. See how mixing paradigms and nouns are already confusing :)
--- Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd say there are at least two compelling reasons to include > > noun in array: > > Do you mean "to include atom (aka scalar) in array"? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, October 6, 2007 12:41 > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Empty dimensions confuse me > To: General forum <[email protected]> > > > I'd say there are at least two compelling reasons to include > > noun in array: > > > > - reflects underlying structure: in other languages (Lisp, C, Java) > > scalars are > > primitives and arrays are composites; in J they are the same; > > > > - manifests notion of empty (shape, like empty array) to naturally > > generalize array, which is distinctive of APL/J. > > > > Also it seems the significance of rank>0 arrays is exagerated. > > It's follows from atom having empty shape that it has one item 1=*/''. > > (It's the beauty of said generalization.) > > Where else such distinction is necessary? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
